Rosie

Rosie the Miniature Pinscher (Minpin)

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Rosie, Hannah, and Kitten

I've mentioned before on the FAB that my family fosters animals from the Table Mountain Animal Center (TMAC). These are photos of our latest foster: Rosie the Miniature Pinscher (Minpin). Rosie is a 3-month old puppy who was picked up as a stray with a broken leg. Her cast is almost as big as she is! AWWWW!! Also depicted are my lovely daughter Hannah and one of the kittens we're also currently fostering. You may visit the TMAC web site at www.tablemountainanimals.org.

Please spay and neuter your pets!

Foster Kittens

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Thought I would post some new photos of the kittens we're currently fostering from the local animal shelter. Kindly remember to spay and neuter your pets!

Today's Paintings 6.27.09

Moyes
Original 18" x 36" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Back Road Through the Fields III
Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

Today's work includes a new painting of our cat Moyes. My family and I foster cats and kittens from the local animal shelter. Fostering cats basically involves getting them healthy, as well as getting them acclimated to being around people (especially the kittens) prior to their being put up for adoption. Moyes is one of our "foster failures"--a cat we were fostering and ended up adopting ourselves.

Moyes always looks annoyed, which is one of his more endearing qualities. He could have a can of Fancy Feast all to himself and still look annoyed. His favorite things to do are to sleep with my husband and I, and to steal the bag of catnip and consume it all himself. He can't help it...

The other painting I listed today is the newest edition in the Back Road Through the Fields series, which I also recently created as a new original commission for a wonderful patron who's bought several of my paintings.

Quote of the Day
"This above all; to thine own self be true." --William Shakespeare

Spay and Neuter Your Pets!

My daughter Emily and three foster kittens

I'd like to take this opportunity to implore everyone to spay and neuter their pets. As many people know there are literally thousands of cats, dogs, and other animals surrendered at animal shelters every year--most of whom are put down because of ill health, a lack of space, and the resources to care for them.

My family and I do volunteer work at the Table Mountain Animal Center in Golden, CO to try and do our part for the animals there. TMAC is a non-profit shelter that provides services to stray, abandoned, and otherwise unfortunate animals in need in northern Jefferson County, CO. We foster cats and dogs to help them acclimate to living with humans prior to their being adopted.

Please take care of your animals by not allowing them to reproduce in a world that is already severely overpopulated with unwanted domestic animals. I also encourage each of you to seek out and support your local animal shelter in any way you can--be it monetary, or the gift of your time.

Thank you.

Patty Baker and Family